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Anid Naranjo, EDDA, a community dental health coordinator (CDHC) at Kids In Need of Dentistry (KIND), sees a lot of people in need of oral health care in Colorado. Sometimes, she can’t believe her eyes.
“It was a young family that traveled through the jungle,” says Naranjo. “It just broke my heart to see.”
Naranjo was able to help the family get to a clinic and have a doctor look them over.
Avoiding a “one-size-fits-all” approach to caries management is critical as new evidence, new treatments, and new innovations continue to develop and shape the way dental teams manage the disease.
As a public health dentist, An Nguyen, DDS, MPH, spends a lot of time thinking about the impact that place and space have on health outcomes.
In partnership with thought leaders, health care providers, patients, and local, state, and federal stakeholders, CareQuest Institute of Oral Health champions oral health transformation. Each day is filled with mission-driven, meaningful initiatives that aim to create an oral health system that is accessible, equitable, and integrated. Who leads that work from inside the virtual walls of CareQuest Institute? And why are they so invested in the mission?
Without regular, preventive dental care, early tooth decay or gum disease can worsen, hurting our overall health and increasing treatment costs. But many people can’t access the preventive services they need.